Posted Mar 6, 2019, 4:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Originally Posted by wanderer34
The proposals are nice, but with the Warriors moving to SF, and the Raiders moving to Las Vegas, I just don't see how the A's can last in Oakland. Don't get me wrong: in a perfect world, the Warriors, the Raiders, and the A's would be in Oakland forever, but nowadays in today's sports, where the highest bidding cities gain sports teams, and mid-size cities like Oakland have to fight tooth and nail just to retain it's sports teams, it just gets harder and harder to keep 3 professional sports teams in Oakland.
It's one thing if the Warriors leave Oakland for SF, considering the Warriors are a regional sports team, hence the name Golden State, but for the Raiders to leave Oakland for Las Vegas, especially considering the history when the Raiders reached the 2nd Super Bowl, to the Steelers-Raiders rivalry during the 70s, to coming back to Oakland in 1994, it's going to be a sad moment once the Raiders leave. I just don't see the A's sticking around for the next five years.
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If anything, I would argue being left with one team makes it much easier to retain it. The city is left to focus on one team, instead of 3. I am confident the As will stay in Oakland, specially with a new stadium proposal.
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